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Australian firm gets flu-test orders
Rockeby Biomed Ltd has received orders for its H5N1 bird flu tests on humans from several South East Asian, European, and North African countries, worth $242000, the company says. Rockeby chief executive Dr Sze-Wee Tan said the tests …
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Indonesia: Still quiet
But the whole point of H5N1 is its potential for catastrophically exponential spread, and that is why people worry about it in Egypt, run pandemic drills in Hawaii, and publish big reports in London and Washington. …
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WHO bird flu experts to investigate human-to-human concerns in …
International health experts have been dispatched to Pakistan to help investigate the cause of South Asia’s first human bird flu cases and determine if the virus was transmitted from person to person, an official and local media said … View original post here: WHO bird flu experts to investigate human-to-human concerns in […]
South Korea: Cat may have died of H5N1
Via Chosun Ilbo: Cat may have died of bird flu. Excerpt:. Quarantine authorities are investigating whether a cat died of bird flu in Gimje, …
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A casting call for a pandemic drill
Via The Marysville Advocate in Kansas: Crowd needed for flu testing at health office. Excerpt:. Sue Rhodes is expecting chaos on Aug. 4, and she welcomes it. Rhodes, Marshall County public health nurse, and staff members at the Marshall …
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Bird flu spread to Europe would increase danger, but would be …
EMMA ROSS, AP Medical Writer AP Worldstream 08-18-2005 Dateline: LONDON As bird flu marches west across Russia toward Europe, health experts expressed optimism Wednesday that European countries could stamp it out before the virus takes … Here is the original post: Bird flu spread to Europe would increase danger, but would be […]
Glaxo celebrates as Relenza gets a booster from bird flu Glaxo …
… prospects for its antiviral Relenza drug were boosted by a report in the Lancet. The medical journal said the UK pharmaceutical giant’s product may prove as effective as Roche Holding’s Tamiflu drug in treating bird flu and that … Tags: avian, Avian Flu, avian-influenza, Bird Flu, bird-flu-maps, bird-flu-update, egyptian, fact-or-fiction, government, […]
Will “Bird Flu” Strike North America?
MEDICINE and HEALTH A virulent strain of avian influenza (H5N1), deemed by the World Health Organization to be “the most serious known health threat facing the world.” could be heading to North America. “Bird flu” already has killed at … …
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Avian flu (5): The disease in pets
Video from vestoria.co.uk explain s the risks caused by the H5N1 avian flu virus in mammals, especially in our pets. ShareThis.
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US: Healthcare workers to get first pandemic vaccinations
Via Reuters: US vaccination plan puts health care workers first. Excerpt:. Essential health care workers would be immunized first if a flu pandemic broke out in the United States, the government said on Wednesday. …
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